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UNITED STAMEENTQFFICE- s. H. TIFT, `or MoRRIsvILLn, vnRMonur.lp``

APPARATUS non ELEVATING waarna` i Specification of LettersPatent No.26,305, dated November 29,1

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, SII. TIFT, of Morrisville, in the county of Lamoilleand State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Improvement inApparatus for Elevating Water; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the anneXed drawing, forming part of this specifi? cation,in the several figures of which similar characters of reference denotethe same part. s

Figure 1 is a plan view of the water elevator. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection of the same on line m, x. Fig. 3, is a bottom view of one of thebuckets with the trunnion attached. s

This invention has reference to the raising of water from reservoirs orwells, by means of an endless "band, a series of buckets and anotched,flanged wheel, they being constructed and combined in themannerhereinafter to be set forth.`

Its nature consists in having over the well, a wheel with flanges oneach side, said flangesbeing notched at regular distances. This wheelhas its bearings in a frame eX- tending down into the well, at the lowerend of which frame isplaced a roller also 30` having its bearings init.4Around this roller and wheel, and fitting between the flanges ofthelatter is an endless band composed of india rubber, gutta percha, orsome similar substance, and to this band are attached the buckets by anaxle or trunnion fastened to j the bottom of the buckets and` passingthrough eyes on each sideof the band, the ends of said trunnions restingin the notches of the flanges on the wheel.

The buckets are shaped as shown in Fig. 2 having` the rear of the topcurved, so that as each bucket empties its contents `the curved rearofthe preceding one serves as a chute to carry 0E the water into thetrough or receiver.

In the drawingW, is the iianged wheel, s having notches n, in theiianges, and having .l ,l its bearings in frame F; R, is the .rollerwatthe bottom of the frame, in the well; b, the s, l n s endless bandpassing around l wheel and" 150W roller; B, the buckets attached totheband` ,s by trunnions T, fastened to thejbottom of them, passingthrougheyes on each side of V the band, and restinginthe `notches n, of`t the ianged wheel D, isz the receiving55` trough into which `thebuckets empty` theirli` contents. f f H .The power is appliedto shaft ofwheel W, s and by its revolution, thatlof band byand s buckets B, isproduced fthe buckets lling with water from` the `well ,andfwhenftheyd fl descend, discharge theirfcontents into; the receiver D, and throughitsspout. s The buckets being constructed as de-` scribed with thecurved rear, each one serves" 6,5

- as chute or guide for the contents of thefolf lowing one to fall loverinto the receiver. j ,j And also the buckets being fastened to the Nband by the trunnionspassingthroughfeyes {s} on it, andhavingtheirfendsresting' inthe 170` notches in the f1an redwhee1, when;the, g f buckets come up zfiIleds with water `the .weight is thrownagainst the sides ofthe notches and thus prevents anystrain or drag z son the band.` n @s f Having thus described jimyl improvement, y 1Iclaim, y

The buckets, B, curvedat the rearas `de-` s s scribed, in combinationwiththetrunnions," l g T, band, I), notched, flanged wheel, roller, R,and frame,.`F, constructed and operating*` s f 1 substantially in themannerand for theipurff" posesetforth-` is,

In testimony whereofI have `hereuntof` W signed my name before twosubscribingwit-` s j:`

JOHN S. HoLnINGsHEAD.

